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Rachel Treisman

YOU WONT BELIEVE: As monkeypox spreads know the difference between warning and stigmatizing people | Mind Blowing Facts

A man waits in line to receive a monkeypox vaccine in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

When the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency over the weekend, it also warned of another threat to society:

"Stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus," said WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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